Thank you all for reading and reviewing! It means a lot to me
Thanks for the books recommendations buhaha but I am also curious about what sort of things my readers read. needless to say I will be reading some of those books soon=)
I am sad this story is drawing to a close, but be on the lookout for my prologue featuring Renji and Starrk.
You came like crashing thunder
breaking through these walls of stone
You came with wide eyed wonder
into all this great unknown
Hush now don't you be afraid
I promise you I'll always stay
I'll never be that far away
I'm right here with you
The beating heart inside me
Crumbled at this one so new
No matter where or how far you wander
For a thousand years or longer
I will always be there for you
Right here with you
I hope your tears are few and fast
I hope your dreams come true at last
I hope you find love that goes on and on and on and on and on
I hope you wish on every star
I hope you never fall too far
I hope this world can see how wonderful you are
POV
Ichigo was pretty sure he had never felt pain like this;not in fact he was definitely sure. It felt as though he was being ripped apart from the inside. Panting he turned his frightened eyes to the scientist who was rummaging through drawers and cabinets trying to find something help. He felt sweat rolling down his forehead as the espada hastily worked.
"Hang on Ichigo, I'm trying to find something to help" he muttered under his breath. The teen nodded, damn this hurt. The child, it had to be the child now that he and Grimmjow were one so to speak, oh shit. He closed his eyes trying to regulate his breathing as he was feeling lightheaded. Why does this always happen to me? He thought angrily.
"Ichigo, I'm sorry. I wasn't strong enough, I will help you with this, it was the only way to save us" he heard Grimmjow say reassuringly.
"It hurts, bad Grimm, but I understand. How do I make it stop?"
"Call out Zangetsu and your hollow; you have to have someone assist you with the birth that is a hollow if your mate is one."
"What about Szayel?"
"No, the child won't recognize him because he is not you; your inner hollow is."
Furrowing his brows he called on his powers to manifest and looked up to see old man Zangetsu and the white haired copy of himself looking down at him worried. Hopefully his damn hollow wouldn't decide to cause problems as he usually did.
"King, ya really got ta get it together" he said frowning "ya ain't weak, now sit yer ass up."
"Ichigo, it won't take but a minute now that we are here. Just try to relax" Zangestu intoned helping him to a sitting position. He grunted with effort but complied with his inner spirits. His hollow was looking at him sympathetically and somewhat excited.
"Aw King, yer gunna be a daddy! Ya gonna let us out ta play with the kid?" Ichigo grunted in response and the hollows face lit up.
"Quiet down, we need to get this underway" Zangetsu reprimanded, turning to Szayel "have you found any painkillers?" The scientist nodded and approached the trio. Holding a needle and alcohol swabs he gently pulled down Ichigo's waistband and cleaned an area off before giving him the shot right above his hipbone. Ichigo hissed as the needle went in.
"I am giving you a saddleblock , it will numb you from the waist down" turning to look Ichigo in the eyes he said "I will prepare in case we need further measures, Ichigo can you talk to Grimmjow?"
"Yes" he responded softly between contractions, his hands guarding his stomach. The pink haired man nodded and turned speaking softly to his spirits. Zangetsu looked serious as always but it was his hollows face that he took notice of, his eyes were narrowed and his lips pressed into a thin line. He groaned as another wave of pain hit that had all three men turning their heads in his direction.
"You two need to help him, the child will only come out if it feels safe and since you are part of him hopefully that will be enough. If not, we will have no choice."
"I don't want ya cuttin' king" the hollow said, fixing him with a hard look "ya ain't gonna cut him we're gonna get tha kid out right old man?" Zangetsu simply nodded. Szayel ran a hand through his hair exasperated and wondering how Ichigo dealt with his hollow.
"I understand, I am simply giving you options and information. I will leave it to you two and will be here should you need me."
The two spirits moved back toward Ichigo gently placing their hands on his stomach sent pulses of reiatsu into his abdomen.
"Ichigo" Zangetsu said " we are going to feed the child our reiatsu as it has already taken a considerable amount of yours due to how weak Grimmjow was, once it has eaten enough we are going to try to coax it to come out, for that we will need you and Grimmjow. Once it is ready it will establish a telepathic connection to its carrier, while it will not talk to you it will be able to feel your emotions so it is best to calm down and assure it that it will be safe, do you understand?" Ichigo nodded.
"We can do this Grimm, we have to."
"Che' damn right we do, you got no idea how miserable it is being knocked up. Well, maybe now you do."
"Can it you damn house cat, just help me have our kid!" He grumbled and swore he heard laughter.
"Alright, let's both just calm down and send reassuring thoughts and energy into the kid when we feel it reach out."
"How will we know when it does?"
"You'll feel it trying to reach out it's reiatsu towards you, you simply respond by entwining yours then the kid judges if it's safe or not to come out."
"Seems simple."
"It's not, if there is even a hint of fear the kid won't come and you'll be stuck with it for longer."
"Shit."
The two spirits were looking slightly tired and his stomach was beginning to feel better, whether it was the saddleblock or their reiatsu or even a mix of both he was just glad he wasn't in as much pain. He took a few deep breaths and then it hit him, a very slight questioning nudge in his reiatsu.
"Grimm!"
"I know, stay calm."
Tentatively he reached back unfurling their reiatsu as he closed his eyes to concentrate. He saw a deep teal energy reaching toward him, very thin and delicate it nudged his and recoiled, unsure. He reached out with he and Grimmjow's mixed blue and black reiatsu, he gently encompassed the other smaller reiatsu with his surrounding it protectively and felt a nudge against his mind. Sighing happily he rubbed his stomach when he felt another energy approach. He concentrated and saw another strand of reiatsu nudge at his, this one the color of a flame sought out the teal energy. As the two energies swirled around each other they allowed their parents energy to embrace theirs, it was a beautiful mix of teal, orange, blue and black all entwined together, the blue and black surrounding the teal in orange in a protective, loving embrace.
"Twins" he heard Grimmjow breathe.
With a loud yell he snapped back to reality as he felt like his stomach had been ripped out, he saw two clusters of energy floating above him and felt the apprehension; he struggled to sit up as he saw Zangetsu and his hollow reach for them. Slowly they floated down into their waiting arms and materialized, the spirits smiled at each other and handed them to Ichigo. He looked up to thank them only to find they had disappeared back inside of his inner world. He looked down into the faces of two little girls.
One was tan like Grimmjow and he with hair the color of white snow,huge blue eyes flecked with gold and part of an Arrancar mask starting at her left shoulder and slowly curving down to find it's end at her sternum. The other was pale like his hollow with blue hair that had orange streaks in it, huge golden eyes stared back up at him and he noticed the pupils were rimmed with blue, she had the same Arrancar mask except hers was on the right shoulder. Both girls did not have a hollow hole, they would be visoreds like him. Two parts of a whole. He felt his heart swell in his chest.
"Grimm, do you see?"
"Yea I do, Ichigo they are beautiful" he thought he heard the other man sniffle but decided not to point that out.
"I love them Grimm, and I love you, thank you for this gift."
"I love you Ichigo, thank you for saving us."
AWWWWW
QOTC: If you could be any animal what would you pick and why?
Me- Wolf, feral, beautiful and strong. Something is so appealing about the wildness of them and the beauty.
